{"id":63024,"date":"2026-06-23T06:56:46","date_gmt":"2026-06-22T22:56:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=63024"},"modified":"2026-06-23T06:56:46","modified_gmt":"2026-06-22T22:56:46","slug":"commentary-do-we-only-appreciate-art-and-creativity-when-its-approved","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=63024","title":{"rendered":"Commentary: Do we only appreciate art and creativity when it\u2019s approved?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<br \/>While tension is inevitable when it comes to how public spaces are used, the speed with which we default to removal does not have to be, says arts advocate and former Nominated MP Usha Chandradas.<br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<center><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.channelnewsasia.com\/commentary\/mountbatten-pavement-art-power-washing-singapore-creativity-6200476\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article At Source <\/a><br \/>\n<center\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While tension is inevitable when it comes to how public spaces are used, the speed with which we default to removal does not have to&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":63025,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dam.mediacorp.sg\/image\/upload\/s--_abiIr1L--\/c_crop,h_759,w_1350,x_0,y_161\/c_fill,g_auto,h_676,w_1200\/f_auto,q_auto\/v1\/mediacorp\/cna\/image\/2026\/06\/07\/copy-of-54-hero-image-composites-4.jpg?itok=DSCXfR5Q","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[2948,1501,1126,7521],"class_list":["post-63024","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-buzz-news-sg-global","tag-approved","tag-art","tag-commentary","tag-creativity","wpcat-2-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63024","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=63024"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63024\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/63025"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=63024"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=63024"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=63024"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}